Number 30

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

153times drawn · chance expected 147 +0.55σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

28longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 153 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 153 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 28 · waiting 5 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 30 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest2 · chance 0.7
2nd smallest8 · chance 7.7
3rd smallest41 · chance 30.8
4th smallest55 · chance 55.5
5th smallest40 · chance 45.1
6th smallest7 · chance 13.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 31 38 42 35 47

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 30 is picked about 1.28× as often as an indifferent choice — 13th most popular of 47. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 30 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-23	16	5th	2 12 17 26 30 37
2026-07-29	3	4th	1 3 17 30 37 44
2026-07-18	12	2nd	26 30 31 37 45 47
2026-06-06	5	3rd	18 26

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 30 is drawn with probability 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-08	1	4th	4 5 11 30 42 47
2025-02-05	1	4th	4 5 12 30 31 35
2025-02-01	4	3rd	24 26 30 35 36 40
2025-01-18	9	3rd	14 25 30 38 39 42
2024-12-18	12	5th	2 23 25 26 30 38
2024-11-06	8	4th	6 20 29 30 32 41
2024-10-09	2	3rd	13 24 30 37 45 46
2024-10-02	4	3rd	12 27 30 35 36 38
2024-09-18	9	3rd	10 26 30 39 41 42
2024-08-17	19	4th	8 9 14 30 42 47
2024-06-12	13	3rd	4 19 30 32 35 43
2024-04-27	10	4th	11 19 26 30 38 44
2024-03-23	2	5th	13 14 19 24 30 40
2024-03-16	11	5th	10 12 22 29 30 41
2024-02-07	5	5th	11 22 24 27 30 35
2024-01-20	17	4th	12 13 19 30 34 37
2023-11-22	7	4th	3 4 23 30 31 43
2023-10-28	13	4th	7 13 27 30 36 39
2023-09-13	4	4th	16 17 21 30 35 41
2023-08-30	10	4th	2 3 26 30 32 45
2023-07-26	1	3rd	1 26 30 42 44 47
2023-07-22	15	4th	2 3 23 30 34 35
2023-05-31	23	2nd	12 30 35 36 38 46
2023-03-11	12	3rd	13 22 30 33 39 46
2023-01-28	10	3rd	4 17 30 34 38 45
2022-12-24	6	4th	4 18 21 30 41 45
2022-12-03	1	3rd	5 12 30 40 41 47
2022-11-30	2	3rd	2 23 30 32 35 37
2022-11-23	11	5th	9 21 22 24 30 46
2022-10-15	5	4th	7 19 24 30 36 44
2022-09-28	4	3rd	16 20 30 33 45 47
2022-09-14	11	4th	2 14 24 30 38 44
2022-08-06	11	4th	8 20 26 30 36 46
2022-06-29	6	5th	1 9 17 25 30 31
2022-06-08	6	4th	3 5 8 30 35 43
2022-05-18	9	3rd	4 13 30 40 45 47
2022-04-16	3	5th	11 13 15 17 30 47
2022-04-06	6	4th	13 19 22 30 32 44
2022-03-16	7	4th	20 21 27 30 41 44
2022-02-19	2	4th	1 6 16 30 31 46
2022-02-12	2	3rd	6 19 30 31 33 43
2022-02-05	6	5th	1 7 8 13 30 35
2022-01-15	21	4th	2 9 16 30 37 40
2021-11-03	17	4th	1 11 15 30 31 43
2021-09-04	3	3rd	22 29 30 31 44 45
2021-08-25	3	4th	1 21 28 30 43 45
2021-08-14	5	4th	9 15 25 30 32 34
2021-07-28	5	5th	1 14 18 23 30 32
2021-07-10	1	3rd	17 27 30 35 42 47
2021-07-07	1	4th	4 18 26 30 31 37
2021-07-03	11	2nd	29 30 36 38 44 45
2021-05-26	10	5th	5 8 16 22 30 31
2021-04-21	19	5th	17 18 19 27 30 46
2021-02-13	15	4th	11 12 21 30 35 38
2020-12-23	3	2nd	22 30 33 39 40 45
2020-12-12	11	6th	3 8 10 18 22 30
2020-11-04	2	3rd	4 20 30 31 34 38
2020-10-28	2	6th	5 13 15 18 27 30
2020-10-21	2	5th	5 9 14 20 30 36
2020-10-14	10	3rd	4 24 30 38 39 42
2020-09-09	3	4th	22 23 27 30 42 46
2020-08-29	22	4th	5 9 12 30 34 39
2020-06-13	5	5th	10 12 13 29 30 35
2020-05-27	5	3rd	7 23 30 38 46 47
2020-05-09	13	3rd	13 18 30 41 42 44
2020-03-25	24	5th	9 21 27 28 30 41
2020-01-01	2	4th	4 5 23 30 42 47
2019-12-25	3	3rd	12 23 30 36 37 38
2019-12-14	11	5th	11 17 24 29 30 47
2019-11-06	1	5th	1 12 27 29 30 35
2019-11-02	5	4th	3 18 28 30 31 47
2019-10-16	6	5th	7 14 17 23 30 45
2019-09-25	1	5th	1 13 17 26 30 35
2019-09-21	2	6th	6 8 13 15 21 30
2019-09-14	3	4th	16 21 24 30 31 43
2019-09-04	11	4th	7 22 27 30 41 42
2019-07-27	7	3rd	4 29 30 33 40 42
2019-07-03	4	3rd	18 25 30 35 41 44
2019-06-19	5	3rd	7 17 30 31 34 42
2019-06-01	13	5th	1 2 3 10 30 45
2019-04-17	16	2nd	7 30 35 37 41 42
2019-02-20	2	6th	1 9 10 16 19 30
2019-02-13	3	5th	3 9 11 27 30 47
2019-02-02	6	4th	3 5 16 30 46 47
2019-01-12	5	2nd	19 30 32 33 35 46
2018-12-26	17	3rd	1 2 30 41 42 43
2018-10-27	10	3rd	14 24 30 38 40 45
2018-09-22	11	3rd	8 15 30 32 35 46
2018-08-15	1	2nd	15 30 31 33 39 42
2018-08-11	1	3rd	4 22 30 37 45 47
2018-08-08	5	5th	5 20 25 27 30 31
2018-07-21	6	6th	2 6 11 13 20 30
2018-06-30	6	4th	19 22 24 30 38 45
2018-06-09	4	5th	11 12 19 27 30 38
2018-05-26	4	4th	6 15 22 30 39 45
2018-05-12	2	6th	5 6 14 19 22 30
2018-05-05	3	3rd	13 19 30 36 41 47
2018-04-25	5	2nd	18 30 31 32 33 42
2018-04-07	3	3rd	4 18 30 35 40 45
2018-03-28	5	4th	19 20 28 30 33 37
2018-03-10	4	3rd	12 27 30 33 38 40
2018-02-24	6	3rd	1 10 30 31 42 47
2018-02-03	25	5th	7 16 21 27 30 31
2017-11-08	13	4th	7 11 26 30 45 47
2017-09-23	1	4th	9 26 27 30 42 44
2017-09-20	8	5th	3 11 14 24 30 35
2017-08-23	12	3rd	7 19 30 31 37 42
2017-07-12	14	4th	5 6 24 30 38 47
2017-05-24	1	5th	6 16 21 22 30 45
2017-05-20	9	4th	11 17 29 30 38 42
2017-04-19	4	5th	8 18 23 29 30 31
2017-04-05	4	5th	9 10 11 22 30 42
2017-03-22	1	3rd	16 22 30 35 36 47
2017-03-18	1	5th	9 11 18 24 30 44
2017-03-15	28	4th	7 9 15 30 37 45
2016-12-07	8	1st	30 36 37 39 43 44
2016-11-09	4	4th	2 15 18 30 33 40
2016-10-26	3	5th	11 21 22 27 30 43
2016-10-15	17	4th	5 10 27 30 32 45
2016-08-17	3	4th	3 16 29 30 41 43
2016-08-06	17	4th	6 17 18 30 40 43
2016-06-08	11	5th	1 10 15 18 30 44
2016-04-30	7	5th	14 21 23 25 30 34
2016-04-06	15	3rd	9 27 30 38 40 46
2016-02-13	18	5th	2 12 21 22 30 37
2015-12-12	7	6th	1 10 13 14 16 30
2015-11-18	2	5th	5 7 10 16 30 46
2015-11-11	8	4th	3 5 14 30 40 43
2015-10-14	—	5th	8 13 16 18 30 31